Heinz Schneider This is Me

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1. 1. Vintage Volkswagen Association of America

   www.vvwca.com/features/history - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/16/2005   Last Visited: 1/16/2005

   We'd like to take a moment and introduce you to our club historian, Heinz Schneider.Over the years, Heinz has contributed a countless number of historical articles pertaining to the rise of the Volkswagen empire and those individuals who brought the VW Beetle to life ... and ultimately saved the Beetle from the ravages of World War II.Join with us as we share just a small sampling of his vast historical knowledge of the world's most beloved automobile, the Volkswagen Beetle.
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   In 1949 Heinz started to working for the largest VW Distributor in the world, Otto Glòckler in Frankfurt, Germany.
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   Heinz then spent 8 years in Canada working for a no longer existing VW distributor in Saskatchewan.
   
   He came to the US in 1963 and gained his U.S. Citizen in 1968.Upon his move from Canada, he was employed as Body Shop Manager for a Volkswagen dealership in Southern California.
   
   Due to his expertise and experience with Volkswagens, Heinz was asked in 1972 by Volkswagen A.G. to assist with their dealership operations in in Mexico.He had traveled all over Mexico for five years as body and paint operation promoter." Promotor de Hojalateria and Pintura".
   
   In 1977 Heinz owned his own body and paint repair facility in Long Beach, Southern California specializing in Porsche, Volkswagen, Audi and later .. Honda.He sold his business and retired in 1996.He now claims fame as the official dishwasher at home.

2. 2. American International Automobile Dealers - News Details

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   Published on: 1/25/2008   Last Visited: 7/20/2008

   Hours have been spent searching many of the thousands of sites devoted to VW history via Google, the company's own websites to the Vintage Volkswagen Club of America historian Heinz Schneider.

3. 3. End of line for Bug that became icon

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   Published on: 7/20/2003   Last Visited: 7/20/2003

   "The money that came in from selling the Beetle after the war helped build Germany," said Heinz Schneider, a Volkswagen historian who spent 28 years working for the company in Germany and Mexico.
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   "Some fanatics will always keep them going," said Schneider, the VW historian.